The task is to replace the current Iframe embed vacancy page displayed on this website, a microsite supplied by a 3rd party vendor. Create a new page in WordPress to display the current vacancies provided by API information from a new 3rd party. Additionally, the vacancies she is pushed through to the relevant industry pages on the current site. This is all currently working. However, we are switching recruitment systems so we need to set this up again. The only difference is instead of using the 3rd party vendors' micros site we would like to create the content page on our site and link via API, so we benefit from the traffic and SEO
This is a WordPress site with a Vacancy post type in the backend. Once every hour the Importer plugin fetches jobs via the API and creates Vacancy posts. The vacancies are pulled through onto “Our Courses” pages using the Ajax Load More plugin.
Vacancies Fields ● Title ● Job Overview WYSIWYG ● Company Name ● Location ● Salary ● Payment interval ● Apply Link ● Start Date ● Close Date ● Courses (Categories list) ● Levels (Categories list) ● Location (Categories list)
Basic job details like title, location, start date and job overview appear on the front-end. By clicking on a vacancy navigates the user to the URL defined in the ‘Apply Link’ field.
What are the requirements? ● Vacancies should no longer pull from this source ● Vacancies should pull from Enrola using the API https://app.enrola.co.uk/api/doc/ ● Vacancies should have their own page on the site ( currently linked to a microsite provided by the current supplier)
What needs to be done?
Replace the current Iframe feed with Enrola. Replace the existing importer using PHP code to interact with the New API. fetch all of the open vacancies and update/create Vacancy posts. Schedule the code to run on a cron periodically every 15 minutes.
Agree the fields in Enrola which would map to the areas in Vacancies on
Keeping in line with how Vacancies are stored in the back-end will allow the Ajax Load More plugin to continue serving job vacancies similarly.
There will be some small changes to the Vacancies “card” template. This will be to ensure that the apply link takes you directly to the Vacancy post. A new template will need to be created for this.
Summary ● Disable the current Importer ● Create a custom importer for Enrola and schedule ● Modify card to make Apply button navigate to the Vacancy post ● Create a new template for an individual Vacancy ● Work to initially be tested on a staging server provided before moving it to live
To confirm ● Field mappings to be used between Enrola and this website ● The substance of the Vacancy page
The current recruitment Iframe will no longer be necessary for the site once the Enrola integration is completed.
Relevant links and examples
Current website www.aspirationtraining.com Current microsite app.aspirationtraining.com
It shows the endpoints (GET Opportunities for a list of vacancies and GET Opportunity Details for a a full listing for a particular vacancy) This It outputs a JSON feed which they can potentially use to populate a vacancy page template on your website.
Example link to other sites using the API to display vacancies:
Here's Capital City College Training – https://www.capitalcct.ac.uk/apprenticeships/apprenticeship-vacancies/
Milton Keynes College uses a hybrid approach – https://mkcollege.ac.uk/apprenticeships/apply-for-an-apprenticeship/
New College Durham https://www.newcollegedurham.ac.uk/apprenticeships/apprenticeship-vacancies
